Motorola: “There are no overheating issues” with the BIONIC or Atrix 4G

After the Atrix/BIONIC power issues story spread like the ridiculous wildfire that it was this morning, Motorola has reached out to us to confirm that neither device suffers from “overheating issues.” Both products will “ship as scheduled.” And of course, we asked to hear what that schedule may be and heard what we already knew: Q1 for Atrix and no date yet for the BIONIC.

While they are in crisis-control mode right now, we shouldn’t even care if the devices actually do have power issues at this point. As we wrote earlier, these are the next major devices from Motorola that will take them through most of the year, and we’d all be foolish to think they would release them with any “unfixable” issues. The devices will launch in the next couple of months, will be beastly, and we’ll all look back and laugh at the silly forum fodder.

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Well, I HAVE an Atrix and it IS overheating to the point where the device sounds an alarm (i.e. FIRE!) and begins to cause the screen to turn BLACK due to the excessive HEAT! I have had techs examine my Atrix and they tell me it is in the phone as we have replaced the battery twice. Bottom line: I need a new phone due to OVERHEATING issue with my Atrix.

It’s interesting that Moto denied “overheating issues”. I’m not up on all this, but the word I heard was that they were having power problems and the battery wouldn’t last more than a few hours. I don’t know that the problem had anything to do with “overheating” at all. So I think they denied a problem unassociated with the real problem. That’s just slick PR.

Ben

Atrix shoulda come to Verizon, it looks much nicer than the BIONIC. (looks-wise, to me at least.)

Anonymous

totally different tone of this article compared to the Atrix/BIONIC article… what happened- you read Engadget?

When they reported on it before, they STATED that it was silly & unnecessary rumor. Reead the article before you make an ass of yourself further.

If they hadn’t said anything at all, how many emails, comments and “tips” do you suppose they would have gotten asking why they weren’t reporting on “the story of the century?”

Kusheil

Wow really? Rofl. Droid-Life is one of the few sites I go to for the fact they rarely post info on rumors. They actually look into sources and do checking before they post on any subject. This is why they have a great fan base and loyal readers like us backing them 100%.

They wont release a defective phone. Their own projections are that they will lose between 20 and 60 million in the first quarter alone, they cannot afford to have any major issues on release. If you guys love Motorola phones you had better start stocking up and help prevent them from going out of business.

fartbubbler

glad to see them comment on this issue. A glimmer of hope in being tempted into another phone 🙂

gh

I am so jealous of your getting the latest Motorola smartphone while people like me in Singapore have to wait awhile more to get the phone I want…. 🙁

please tell me what is wrong with motoblur?
it adds alot of features to android like better social networking integration and better widgets plus it adds features like power manager(which saves battery when not in use)
yes the MOTOBLUR HOME APP is slow but motoblur itself isnt, just throw LPP or ADW on your phone and it is smoother than ever

Oobloodydoayoo

Well you obviously never had a Vanilla Android phone. Think of how fast you think motoblur is, then x3 it.